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THE FIRST BOOK OF THE<br/>
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CHAPTER 17
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Nathan first approves, then restrains David from building a house of the Lord—David’s son shall build the temple—Triumph of Israel foretold—David thanks the Lord for his goodness to Israel.
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Now</span> it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> <i>remaineth</i> under curtains.
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Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that <i>is</i> in thine heart; for God <i>is</i> with thee.
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&#182; And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
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Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
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For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from <i>one</i> tabernacle <i>to another.</i>
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Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/17/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Sam. 7: 7.">house</a> of cedars?
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Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, <i>even</i> from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:
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And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that <i>are </i>in the earth.
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Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,
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And since the time that I commanded judges <i>to be</i> over my people Israel.  Moreover I will subdue all thine <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/17/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 89: 10; Micah 4: 10; D&C 65: 6.">enemies</a>. Furthermore I tell thee that the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> will build thee an house.
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&#182; And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go <i>to be</i> with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
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He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.
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I will be his <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/17/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="Heb. 1: 5 (5-6).">father</a>, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took <i>it</i> from <i>him</i> that was before thee:
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But I will settle him in mine <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/17/14a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 23: 11; D&C 124: 145.">house</a> and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
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According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
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&#182; And David the king came and sat before the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and said, Who <i>am</i> I, O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> God, and what <i>is</i> mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
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And <i>yet</i> this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast <i>also</i> spoken of thy servant’s house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> God.
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What can David <i>speak</i> more to thee for the honour of thy servant?  for thou knowest thy servant.
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O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, for thy servant’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/17/19a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Sam. 7: 21.">greatness</a>, in making known all <i>these</i> great things.
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O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, <i>there is</i> none like thee, neither <i>is there any</i> God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
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And what one nation in the earth <i>is</i> like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem <i>to be</i> his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?
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For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, becamest their God.
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Therefore now, <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said.
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Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts <i>is</i> the God of Israel, <i>even</i> a God to Israel: and <i>let</i> the house of David thy servant <i>be</i> established before thee.
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For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found <i>in his heart</i> to pray before thee.
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And now, <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
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Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and <i>it shall be</i> blessed for ever.
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